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CVE-2015-8012

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-8012 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in lldpd versions prior to 0.8.0. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this flaw by sending a specially crafted packet, leading to an assertion failure and daemon crash. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction required, resulting in high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:lldpd_project:lldpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0300 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
nessuspatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 1.0
View patch
debianvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
View patch

Vendor Advisories (3)

debianllm-debian-57d4b9f05706dcf6

Ruckus AP LLDP Vulnerability (CVE-2015-8011, CVE-2015-8012)

Jan 14, 2021
nessusllm-nessus-7a0bd6050a7977be

Ruckus AP LLDP Vulnerability (CVE-2015-8011, CVE-2015-8012)

Jan 14, 2021
redhatCVE-2015-8012Moderate

lldpd: malformed packet leads to assertion failure and daemon crash

Oct 18, 2015

References

github.com / vincentbernat/lldpd/commit/793526f8884455f43daecd0a2c46772388417a00
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / vincentbernat/lldpd/commit/9221b5c249f9e4843f77c7f888d5705348d179c0
PatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/10/18/2
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/10/30/2
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory